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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5620981" data-attributes="member: 177">I don't think Trek's depiction of this is consistent or comprehensive enough to tell us.  Trek Starships regularly go to warp from orbit, but there are canon instances of some gravity fields making ships drop out of warp, or keep warp fields from forming.To split the difference - Trek ships probably have fail-safe systems to keep them from plowing into large or unusual objects at warp, and you can kick an unsuspecting starship out of warp if you're really clever, and you can keep the warp field form forming with very focused, targeted beams.  As I understand it, Star Wars gravity well projectors are not so focused - they are not built to target individual ships, but instead to interdict known star lanes by putting a "planet" in the way.  It is more a strategic device than a tactical one.And, as a genre point - Imperial ships are built to specifications, and work as intended.  Federation ships are regularly modified to work off-spec by enterprising engineers.  All of which discussion is a bit moot unless we figure out if Imperial weaponry has any notable impact on shielded Federation ships.  To my mind, indications are that by the time of Next Generation, lasers and ion beams aren't much of an issue, and you need more exotic stuff to be a major threat to a starship.</blockquote>